Nethalp language

{{Short description|East Santo language spoken in Vanuatu}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Nethalp

|altname=Lorediakarkar

|states=Vanuatu

|region=Santo Island, east coast

|speakers=340

|date=2000

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Southern Oceanic

|fam5=North-Central Vanuatu

|fam6=North Vanuatu

|fam7=Espiritu Santo

|iso3=lnn

|glotto=lore1244

|glottorefname=Nethalp

|map = Lang Status 20-CR.svg

|mapcaption = {{center|{{small|Nethalp is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

}}

Nethalp, or Lorediakarkar, is a language of the East Santo languages, a group of languages in the Austronesian family of Languages. It is spoken by about 340 people out of an ethnic population of 850 on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu. It is close to the Shark Bay language.